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Play the fade. Usually when I try to play my slice I end up hitting it straight.

I love to golf but have no idea how to make the ball draw or fade on purpose or get back spin.

At address keep your hands the same. Slightly turn your right forearm outward (to the right).

This is assuming you are right-handed.

This.

I hit a 3 or 5 wood on a every par 4 and 5. I can hit my 3 wood about 250-260 right down the middle of the fairway. Thats more then enough. Especially if your hitting fairways.

you can hit a fade swinging inside - out... its a matter of closing the face at impact.

I play very little, but do hit driver. If the hole doesn't call for driver, I step down to 3 iron. I quit hitting fairway woods, and hit a maximum of 3 iron out of the fairway. Anytime I am off the green, but no more than 10 or 15 feet, I hit a 7 iron, unless pin placement makes it impossible, or I have to hit over something. Played 2 weeks ago for the first time in a year, and shot a 94. Since I play little, the fewer clubs I hit, the better.

Its a grip issue at contact

If it's a grip issue, it doesn't matter whether it's "at contact". The grip doesn't change.

Do you mean that it's an issue of hand placement at contact? Or is the problem with un-hinging your wrists or closing the face or timing your hip/shoulder rotation or... etc etc.

There are too many things to try to fix this online.

Yep. If the ball is just slightly too far back in your stance, you might not be able to get the club face square in time. If you don't get the club face square in time, the ball will fade/slice.

It could be as simple as strengthening your grip. This doesn't mean gripping it tighter, it means the way you position your hands. Try rolling your right hand more to the left (around the club). Don't move it to the right, as someone else mentioned - that will weaken your grip and make you slice it even harder.

You have to remember that it's not always the left hand that's the problem though - if his right hand is too weak then he'll still slice the ball. Or if he has a strong left and a weak right who knows what could happen, lol.

Good link though. I'll show it to my fiancee who just started learning.

I hear you. I actually play a slight fade, but don't want to correct it. My natural swing is a fade swing. In the past, I've switched my swing so that I had a natural draw, but this didn't help my score. How can I put this so that it makes sense... with a slight fade, it is more rare for me to hit a slice when compared to playing a slight draw and hitting a hook. The fade is more controllable for me.

And yes, I know I probably lose about 5-10 yards per drive with a fade, but I'm safely in the fairway, lol.

I swear, I can reply, but not with golf advice..